Packing peanuts can be used for a variety of projects around the house and at work:

Since packing peanuts are used to take up leftover space, use them when you're packing holiday ornaments away for the season. This will safely secure your valuable heirloom ornaments year after year.

Use packing peanuts in arts and crafts. Kids can glue them together on construction paper and then paint them to create artwork for school art projects or to put on their bedroom walls.

Little girls love jewelry. Why not make a craft project out of packing peanuts, string and food coloring. When you dip packing peanuts into your favorite food color and string them together, they become a fun, inexpensive "diamond," "ruby" or "emerald" necklace for the little girls in your life.

Styrofoam can be used in the garden, too. Mixing packing peanuts into rich soil when potting houseplants helps your plants to grow and thrive.

There are countless projects that either need or could benefit from packing peanuts. Not only can they save the day when you're shipping something, they can also be fun to work with in crafts.

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